25 June 2013

The Woden Tradies parking massacre rolls on

12 June 2013 | johnboy

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This in from a source at the Health Department:

So those who prepaid should be alright.

But one does have to wonder at the ballsup.

Just an update for those still interested in what’s going on:

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Anti7:18 pm 25 Jun 13

longshanks said :

Ian said :

Deputy Secretaries seem to be a dime a dozen at DOHA. There appears to be 6 of them. Clearly the efficiency dividend is not cutting deep enough there.

At 30 June 2012, DOHA had 9 SES band 3 and 30 SES band 2 for over 5000 staff. Compare this to the treasury, which currently has 6 SES band 3 and around 20 SES band 2 for under 1000 staff. And yet the treasury secretary was telling senate estimates last week about how hard it was going to be to stick to the staffing budget for 2013-14.

So glad I don’t work in the public service…..

cranky6:47 pm 25 Jun 13

Barcham said :

UPDATE: A bit more info on what’s happening.

Am I pressing the wrong buttons here?

Felix the Cat4:09 pm 25 Jun 13

Madam Cholet said :

and also where all the construction workers will park.

Where construction workers usually park…any damn place they want to

Barcham2:17 pm 25 Jun 13

UPDATE: A bit more info on what’s happening.

HiddenDragon11:07 am 13 Jun 13

Without wanting to pick, unduly, on DoHA (noting that similar things presumably happen in other Departments, regardless of how many Dep Secs they are blessed with) it would be interesting to know how much it cost to produce that message to staff. The legwork was presumably done by somewhat less august (although probably still very nicely paid) staff, and then there would have been some sort of clearance process before it could be issued in the name of someone at that level.

Noting Madam Cholet’s news about the site, it will be equally interesting to know if there are tenants signed up for the new office tower.

longshanks9:21 am 13 Jun 13

Ian said :

Deputy Secretaries seem to be a dime a dozen at DOHA. There appears to be 6 of them. Clearly the efficiency dividend is not cutting deep enough there.

At 30 June 2012, DOHA had 9 SES band 3 and 30 SES band 2 for over 5000 staff. Compare this to the treasury, which currently has 6 SES band 3 and around 20 SES band 2 for under 1000 staff. And yet the treasury secretary was telling senate estimates last week about how hard it was going to be to stick to the staffing budget for 2013-14.

Madam Cholet8:38 am 13 Jun 13

This carpark is slated for development – a 28 storey office building I believe. Just wondering where the 200 people who park in this area will go when it is under development and also where all the construction workers will park. Has the government insisted that the developers submit provisions for managing this when it happens? Did they insist that the new development have extra parking spaces to accommodate these poor lost souls once it’s all done and dusted?

I park in a carpark in Civic (on the one day I drive), which is also under threat of development. It probably accommodates about 1000 cars at least. Wondering where we will all go when that day comes. In my experience, private carparks with development applications are not well maintained. The one I use is frequently littered with glass and the trees grow into the parking spaces.

Roundhead891:18 am 13 Jun 13

Ian said :

Deputy Secretaries seem to be a dime a dozen at DOHA. There appears to be 6 of them. Clearly the efficiency dividend is not cutting deep enough there.

Reminds me of when I was in high school just after the ACT broke away from NSW in the early 1970s. We suddenly had three deputy principals, one for staff, one for students and one to deal with the bureaucrats.

Ian10:58 pm 12 Jun 13

Deputy Secretaries seem to be a dime a dozen at DOHA. There appears to be 6 of them. Clearly the efficiency dividend is not cutting deep enough there.

HiddenDragon10:07 pm 12 Jun 13

Pork Hunt said :

LSWCHP said :

MERC600 said :

Cor blimey .. don’t he look young to be a Dep Sec,,, or is it the same thing as “don’t the policemen look younger these days than they used to” .

Nope. He looks very, young for a gig like that. I wonder how competent he is. Based on my dealings with those who rise to the top quickly, I suspect not very, but I’d like to be proved wrong.

A lateral thinker might suggest its not the most recent photo of him. 🙂
Check out out Reps here http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Members/Members_Photos
Anthony Albanese’s photo looks like its from his high school yearbook…

Mr Stuart is doubtless a splendid chap, and every bit as boyishly chipper as that happy snap would suggest, but the whole thing has a distinct Politburo feel about it.